(SS) I:Jis hands in this houfe; then hear thou from Heaven , &c.] I hope by this time, if you have eyes you fee, that more fre– quent apd fervent prayers then any of m ufe (and that without Bo0k) were ufed by t~e •mtient fervants of the Lord, and were not thought too much ado, nor more ado then God re– ql:lireth of us. - 4· Is itcon ft ant, diligent teachiHg, in(lruaing , and cllte,chi2;.,ing your families, ~nd labouring thatyour [elves aHd they may under– /fllnd ~tnd praCfi[e the Law of God ? Hear alfo what the Spirit faith of this : and then judge whether it be too much pre- ~~. ~ Prov. 2. I, 2, 3,4, 5· [My/on, if tluuwilt receive my words,' 11nd hide my Commandtments -with thee; fo that thou encline thitJe ear unto -wifdom, and apply thy heart t9 underflanding: ye.~ if that~ cryeft lfljter k..nowledge, ~Endiifteft up thy voice for underftanding: if thou{eekfft her ;u jilver ,ana {edrchcft for her M for hidden treafures; then Putlt thou underftand the fear of the Lord, and ~nd the k._I'J9W· ledgeofGod.] Deut.6.),6,7.&1I. 18~19,20. [Andthou !halt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thyfo~f.tl, and 'Withal! thy might: And the(e words which I command thee this day /hall be in .thy hutrt, and theujh.dt teach them diligently unt9 thJ children, and/halt tallz.of them rvhen thou fitttft in th; houfe ~ and 'When thou walkf{J by the -way, and when thou lyeft down, an~ -when thou rifeft up : And thou jh.~lt bind them for tt fign upon tbj hand, and they fh:dl be as frontlets between thine eyeJ ; and theu fha!twrite thtmuponthe poftsof thyhePJfe,andonthygates.] Gen. 18, I 9. [For I knoWAbraham that he will command hit children and hu houfhold after him, ~ndrhf} fhall k!ep the way of the Lor'd.] Jofh. 24. I). [But .u for me and my houfhold, we will ferve the Lord. 1 Prov. 22. 6. [Train up achild in the way he jhould go , And whm he h· old he will not depart from it.] Eph. 6. 4. [Bring them 11p in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. ] Thefe and many fuch pa!fages {hewyou that the moil:. di(igent inftruEl-ing of your families is not more ade then God requ.-eth , but a mofi . ' we1ghry nce~ful part of godlinefs. , 5. Is it the meeting of divers n~ighbours tog~th.:r ( difiin~ fro~'/. Chnrch ·meetings) that youqudhon ? Why, tf u: be Schifmatz· (a/ in oppofition to the publick._meetings , or .to. do any unlaWful ·nork_, we are againft it as well aspu. But 1f 1t be bm for the redeeming oftheir time , for: the1r fpi ritual advantage , andor· · - · -- -- - - ·· derly
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=